Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2022/23) – 22.08.2022
Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won
in European football leagues (Season 2022/23)
- Date: 22.08.2022
- Euro Football Rumours
- Top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2022/23)
Who will finish the season as the top footballer ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues?
It’s easy to count aerial duels, but who are really the best footballers in this category? Who makes the most impact on their team?
Aerial duels winning is a lost art form in football, but these players on the list try to keep the tradition going.
There are thousands of relevant statistics that we could take away from the season so far, and some would argue that the most important statistic is the one that tells us who’s at the top of the league.
But today we are looking at the top 50 footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues of the season so far. Who has won the most aerial duels so far this season? And how many? Let’s see.
| R | Player | ADW |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Siebatcheu Union Berlin, 26, FW | 20 |
| 2 | Michael Gregoritsch Freiburg, 28, AM(CR),FW | 19 |
| 3 | Aleksandar Mitrovic Fulham, 27, FW | 16 |
| 4 | Nico Schlotterbeck Borussia Dortmund, 22, D(C) | 14 |
| 5 | Alexander Hack Mainz 05, 28, D(C) | 13 |
| 6 | Niclas Füllkrug Werder Bremen, 29, FW | 13 |
| 7 | Florian Dietz FC Koln, 24, Forward | 12 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw Augsburg, 31, D(C) | 11 |
| 9 | Mats Hummels Borussia Dortmund, 33, D(C) | 11 |
| 10 | Moussa Niakhaté Nottingham Forest, 26, D(CL) | 11 |
| 11 | Kai Havertz Chelsea, 23, M(CR),FW | 10 |
| 12 | Ozan Kabak Hoffenheim, 22, D(C) | 10 |
| 13 | Pascal Struijk Leeds, 23, D(C),DMC | 10 |
| 14 | Willi Orbán RB Leipzig, 29, D(C) | 10 |
| 15 | Roland Sallai Freiburg, 25, AM(CLR),FW | 9 |
| 16 | Andrei Girotto Nantes, 30, D(C),DMC | 8 |
| 17 | Ben Davies Tottenham, 29, D(CL),M(L) | 8 |
| 18 | Benjamin André Lille, 32, D(R),M(CLR) | 8 |
| 19 | Habib Diallo Strasbourg, 27, AM(R),FW | 8 |
| 20 | Ivan Toney Brentford, 26, FW | 8 |
| 21 | Marc Oliver Kempf Hertha Berlin, 27, D(C) | 8 |
| 22 | Matthias Ginter Freiburg, 28, D(CR),DMC | 8 |
| 23 | Mostafa Mohamed Nantes, 24, FW | 8 |
| 24 | Nikola Milenkovic Fiorentina, 24, D(CR) | 8 |
| 25 | Omar Marmoush Wolfsburg, 23, AM(L),FW | 8 |
| 26 | Rasmus Nicolaisen Toulouse, 25, D(C) | 8 |
| 27 | Samuel Gigot Marseille, 28, D(C) | 8 |
| 28 | Scott McKenna Nottingham Forest, 25, D(C) | 8 |
| 29 | Anthony Losilla Bochum, 36, D(C),DMC | 7 |
| 30 | Axel Disasi Monaco, 24, D(C) | 7 |
| 31 | Baptiste Santamaría Rennes, 27, DMC | 7 |
| 32 | Diego Llorente Leeds, 29, D(C),DMC | 7 |
| 33 | Diogo Leite Union Berlin, 23, D(C) | 7 |
| 34 | Facundo Medina Lens, 23, D(CL) | 7 |
| 35 | Ivan Ordets Bochum, 30, D(C) | 7 |
| 36 | Kiliann Sildillia Freiburg, 20, Defender | 7 |
| 37 | Ko Itakura Borussia M.Gladbach, 25, D(C),DMC | 7 |
| 38 | Kurt Zouma West Ham, 27, D(CR) | 7 |
| 39 | Leandro Cabrera Espanyol, 31, D(CL) | 7 |
| 40 | Ludovic Ajorque Strasbourg, 28, FW | 7 |
| 41 | Maximilian Kilman Wolverhampton, 25, D(C) | 7 |
| 42 | Mikel Merino Real Sociedad, 26, M(C) | 7 |
| 43 | Mounaim El Idrissy AC Ajaccio, 23, Forward | 7 |
| 44 | Philipp Hofmann Bochum, 29, FW | 7 |
| 45 | Renaud Ripart Troyes, 29, D(R),M(CLR),FW | 7 |
| 46 | Stefan Bell Mainz 05, 30, D(CR) | 7 |
| 47 | Waldemar Anton VfB Stuttgart, 26, D(CR),DMC | 7 |
| 48 | Adam Masina Udinese, 28, D(L),M(L) | 6 |
| 49 | Adam Webster Brighton, 27, D(C) | 6 |
| 50 | Amir Rrahmani Napoli, 28, D(CL) | 6 |
ADW = Aerial Duels Won
* A list of the top 50 best footballers ranked by most aerial duels won in European football leagues (Season 2022/23).
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Site expert for statistical analysis and avid fan of all European football. Nikola Horvat has written for various Italian football portals and now he writes for Euro Football Rumours. He is a sports and travel aficionado and has lived in three continents – North America, South America and Europe. The languages that Nikola knows are Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Italian, English, and Spanish.
